Today...

I was just at the right place, just at the right time. I was walking through a park, and there was a patch of low, big-leafed plants that must have been watered recently; there were big droplets of water all over the leaves. And just when I was about to pass that patch, the sun hit the droplets at just the right angle to make them sparkle brightly enough to blind you. In fact, 'sparkle' is too mild a word - the whole patch *shone*.

It only lasted for about a minute...

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Carps(*) are basically swimming mouths. When you cross the bridge they crowd close, expecting crumbs, hanging nearly perpendicular in the water with just their mouths reaching out, and you can look straight down into what feels like the bellies of the pond.

* I'm not entirely sure if they're really carps.

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Rhododendrons are in full bloom, all over.

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The exam yesterday... didn't go well, but it's done, and that's what counts. Thursday next week is the date set for my second attempt at last week's exam. I'm going to stay with my parents again, at least for some part of that time, because I'm doing better at not falling apart there. Also, in between studying I'm having fun rearranging their books.